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Re: Best 22 in 21 - kruddler - 03-08-2021
(03-08-2021, 10:47 AM)capcom link Wrote:Like SPS, McMoney is on his last chance with me.
In fairness to McGovern, he hasn't been fit during the majority of his time with us due to injuries.
SPS doesn't have that excuse.
Re: Best 22 in 21 - LP - 03-08-2021
(03-08-2021, 10:49 AM)kruddler date Wrote:In fairness to McGovern, he hasn't been fit during the majority of his time with us due to injuries.In fairness to SPS, I think fan expectations way exceed ability, perhaps he is not out of form but just playing to his ability. Some WA nerd did SPS no favours by claiming on the draft that SPS was the best footballer to come out of the west, it seems many of our fans believed it!
SPS doesn't have that excuse.
Re: Best 22 in 21 - cookie2 - 03-08-2021
(03-08-2021, 10:52 AM)LP link Wrote:In fairness to SPS, I think fan expectations way exceed ability, perhaps he is not out of form but just playing to his ability. Some WA nerd did SPS no favours by claiming on the draft that SPS was the best footballer to come out of the west, it seems many of our fans believed it!
Tend to agree - what we have seen is all we are likely to get.
Re: Best 22 in 21 - capcom - 03-08-2021
Yet his first year was exceptional .... sorry, not buying that
Re: Best 22 in 21 - DJC - 03-08-2021
(03-08-2021, 10:52 AM)LP link Wrote:In fairness to SPS, I think fan expectations way exceed ability, perhaps he is not out of form but just playing to his ability. Some WA nerd did SPS no favours by claiming on the draft that SPS was the best footballer to come out of the west, it seems many of our fans believed it!
I think that Samo has become the new whipping boy.
He is being played out of position but he does the job the coach has given him ... and he’s nowhere near as bad as some folk like to think.
Remember when the 2020 player rankings came out and Samo was right up there with the best small defenders and had hardly conceded a goal (apart from two from shocking free kicks against West Coast).
Re: Best 22 in 21 - Thryleon - 03-08-2021
Its a simple equation.
What you see is what you get with Samo.
He plays today much as he did when he arrived and there might not be much more scope for growth in his game.
Thats ok.
He's good enough, and if he weren't a top 5 pick, we'd be happy enough with how he's tracking.
Re: Best 22 in 21 - ElwoodBlues1 - 03-08-2021
Can you play three small defenders ie Docherty, Saad and SPS whose preference is to play loose/attack and not defend?
I thought Gresham, Higgins and Lonie all played well in the community game and the degree of difficulty will only increase with the Tiger small forwards. Imo two out of our three have to give preference to defending..
Re: Best 22 in 21 - madbluboy - 03-08-2021
I have high expectations of SPS not because of where he went in the draft but how good is best is.
Re: Best 22 in 21 - cookie2 - 03-08-2021
(03-08-2021, 10:57 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Tend to agree - what we have seen is all we are likely to get.
Further to that, it is very important to play SPS in the role that suits him best. Agree with EB1 that he's not an out and out defender so to play him as one will do nobody any favours.
Re: Best 22 in 21 - flyboy77 - 03-08-2021
Oscar's been added to the list as a rookie.
https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/876320?spMailingID=6670091&spUserID=Mjg5NTEwNzMzNTMxS0&spJobID=1220238323&spReportId=MTIyMDIzODMyMwS2